Symbols · Emoji 0.7
⏹️Stop Button Emoji
It usually means “stop” or “halt.” People use it to tell someone to stop doing something, or to indicate that something has stopped.
The ⏹️ emoji is a stop button.
- Unicode
- U+23F9 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2014
- Shortcode
- :black_
square_ for_ stop: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⏹️ Stop Button emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Stop Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the stop button has been drawn in 3 ways.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Stop Button emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :black_square_for_stop:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the stop button, code point U+23F9.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⏹️ Stop Button emoji
No picker to hand? The stop button can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Stop Button emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 8. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Stop Button emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around stop button for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ⏹️ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What ⏹️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+23F9, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Difference
⏹️ vs 🚏 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Stop Button
Code: U+23F9 U+FE0F · added 2014
Shortcode: :black_square_for_stop:
It usually means “stop” or “halt.”
Unicode name: Bus Stop
Code: U+1F68F · added 2010
Shortcode: :busstop:
Generally, it just means a bus stop.
11 — History
Where the ⏹️ Stop Button emoji came from
It arrived with the 0.7 release of the standard, which dates the stop button to 2014.
Same character every time — U+23F9 U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Stop Button was approved as U+23F9 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.7 (2014). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ⏹️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ